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Turf nutrients

Turf nutrients on the way: Three questions I get asked most often.

ArtisTree Lawn & Ornamental Manager Carl Sikkema's extensive experience includes turf management, identifying pest/health issues, and customer education. Carl is BMP-certified and bi-lingual in Spanish. Shorter days, lower light intensity, soon-to-be cooler temps – ArtisTree is already preparing for Florida’s winter season. But for our turf grass – some 5,000…

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Landscape glass

Landscape glass shines brightest when you know how to use it.

Church of St. Patrick in Sarasota: Chunky marmalade-colored glass fringes this fountain area perfectly. Landscape glass is in a class of its own. Also called glass mulch, it can dress up your plant beds or pool area with snap, crackle and pop depending on the style and color you choose.…

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Draecena tricolor shrubs

Draecena Tricolor shrubs spike up Sarasota landscapes with flair.

Ornamental in every way: Draecena Tricolor shrubs with sleek cane trunks burst with color. Draecena Tricolor shrubs, a cultivated variety of Draecena Marginata, are shrubs you can’t shrug off. Their slender shape and showy foliage make them a perfect choice for narrow spaces. Unlike other dracaenas, their narrow-pointed leaves make…

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Florida fall flowers

Florida fall flowers: Don’t fall for these six mistakes.

ArtisTree has worked through 34 Florida fall seasons, and each year we see the same planting mistakes being made. We suspect it’s because summer-weary homeowners are ready to plunge into all that’s fall: football, apple cider and yellow mums. In their zeal, they dash to big-box nurseries to fill their…

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